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The Service Test that Maximizes Your Software Investment

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The companies software profitability decreases in relation to the increase in software investment. This is primarily attributed to the fact that more than 90% of those companies have a messy on software deployment and licensing.  How is it possible? The lack of resources and the high complexity of licensing requires that 7 out of 9 IT Managers have to speculate about their if own deployment and software licensing are properly optimized and thus, give up the savings opportunities that an optimization can generate. Many do not realize that the company owns unused software, that buy software in excess, and  incur in a high cost trying to control and ineffectively manage the software. Likewise, they do not perceive that  the company is exposed to a software audit that commits them to unbudgeted bills. Through the optimization and effective software management, Licensing Assurance  has helped many companies in several Latin American countries to maximize their investment. N
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SAM Fundamental Challenges

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The software assets management is an activity that every day becomes more complex, there are more and more products and manufacturers, as well as types of license agreements with many small letters in their conditions. This reality, added to the fact that every day companies are larger and the cost of licenses is a fundamental part of the IT budget, makes it essential to take measures backed by the best industry practices such as adopting SAM. Some organizations have tried to do a manual control of their software assets, helping in some discovery tool, then they get that there is no tool that can discover all types of software and versions in use. For that reason when being with diverse manufacturers and diverse types of licenses they are surpassed by the complexity of the matter It requires experience, methodology and tools to ensure a successful SAM implementation. Another challenge is to build an administrative record that condenses and endorses all licenses in
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Nobody likes being cheated

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Almost half of the programs installed on the computers of the companies are illegal, that is, four out of ten companies use unlicensed software. Anyone can provide data to start an investigation process against a company for violating the intellectual property of the software on the piracy complaints page on the BSA website, (an organization that groups manufacturing companies software) with a simple confidential form. Consequently, although the possibility of obtaining a very cheap original license is very striking, it should not be forgotten that it is a scam. For example, Windows is the most used operating system in the world, and also the most pirated in history. Because everyone uses it and almost nobody is willing to pay for the license, some users choose to use "activators" to convert a pirated system into an apparently legal one while others look for an intermediate point where they can use the system legally. , but without paying the high cost of the license. T
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